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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-10-30

Attorney NJ. 5. Bonniield has been
notified 10y the Clerk of tue Suprem,
Court. that the Judgement of the Dis
trict Court in the One-Llnd jim case
has been affirmed 10y the Supreme
Court. Jim is "A Piute Indian who
killed Andrew Kinnegar on Willow
creek n year ago last August. lie was
tried III the District Court here and
sentenced To be executed last Janpary.
His %couus.l, as a matter Of form. al.
penled the case to the Supreme Court
and that tribunal has now affirmed the
decision OF the lower court. II now re-.
mains for tl,e District Court to fix "A dav
to execute the sentence aud. unless the
Board Of Pntdoms interposc. jim will be
hanged. What effect that will have
upon the Indians remains to be SEEN
lSIlvcr State.
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,Ehc Morrow Trim.

The great trial Is ended, at least for
the present. On Saturday afternoon
argument by counsel was concluded.
Judge Sullivan delivered his charge.
which occupied twenty five minutes, and
the case was submitted to tbs jury n,
$40 p. ~.
AT 10 ai5 Judge Sullivan caused tho
jury to be cnIled in when they nn.
nUunced that they had not agreed upon
u verdict. aud there wns no possibility
that they could ngrce. After ~oonsul,a.
ton with the attorneys the Judge dis
charged the jury, a bond in the sum Of
$685. 90 wns fled and the defendant
VAS released from custody. II IL uu.
derstood that the jury stood eleven for
conviction and M for acquit,al. Peter
feathefStone being the one who held
on, for acluipaI.
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4 EcncEiccnt LAW.

The freight OF print paper from Gin
%cinnnti, Ohio, to E!ko, via the Southern
PACIFIC Railroad mud san Francisco. is
81 GG4 per leo pounds. OF this
amount the Central Pacific chnrges
81 al per 100 pounds from Sacramento;
in other words the goods are carried
across Indiana. Illinois, Missouri. Kun
sos, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona
md California to Sacramento for 9ji.
cents per loo pounds. and for carrying
the same goods fiom sacramento To
to ElEo. 4GS miles. the g L. X. Il.
charges 81 II per 100 pounds. Thus
does the Inter. State Commerce law re-
dound 10 the pecuniary advantage Of
the people Of Nevada, in spite Of the
repeated assertions Of the IYDErESpgSr
that only the railroads would he bene.
flied by that law.
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4nK SxnUcnArIc CONVEX.

Al Oaert IL being nads TO induce tie
next DenOcrstio National Convsniion
20 mest in San FnAncisco. II the mem
bss Of the National Committee Lave
that ~far-sssing saGacity which Polih-
risns % exalted should possess, they
will not need . second invitation.
For ordinary gatherings on q CONT
mental scale. the advantages of San
Francisco are sdmi;ted to be unique.
The Knights TemplAr. the Grand Army
aud all the other organizations that
have given themselves the delight Of q
Journey 70 this Coast can speak for us.
THIS IL the only important city in Amer
lea in which . convention meeting in
summer could keep cool. Our hotel
accommodations are the best IN the
country, IL not in the world; We have
the see and the mountains within easy
reach. and vineyards that produce real
Nine-an article which To the expert
enced New Yorker must seem q creation
Of poetic license.
But the Democratic Committee can
have more solid arguments than these.
Ere convention would Lave more politi-
cal influence here than in any other city
OF the country. In New York its effect
would be absolutely nothing. Every
body goes TO New York; the presence
Of oil sorts Of politicians on her st'eets
e1cites no comment, and the National
Convention would attract hardly a.
much attention there "a q baseball
match. It would take more than such
q meeting to carry Ohio for the Democ-
racy, and Indiana can be carried with
out II. OF the remaining doubtful
States, California is the most import
ant.
1t is not merely our own eight eleetor-
nj votes that should be considered, but
the votes Of the whole Coast. The
whole fourteen are likely to go together.
And they are not only the most evenly
balanced and uncertain in the Union.
but thy are the most certain to be nf-
i.cted by q great national political
gathering. We are 30 far away from
the centers of politics that We hardly
know what the statesmen We read about
look like. A convention that would
bring together the representatives of
the National Democracy would he talked
nbout in every village OIL the Pacific
Coast until election day, and there
would be no Democrats in that region
who would forget to vots.-tExaminer.
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A bersaSsd widow. Who took the re-
mains Of her husband By the c. p. II.
Il. to Ogden for internent. wrote to her
fnepds that she Was deeply touched by
the respect shown to the late lAmented
by the Il. Il. Co. in running the train
conveying his rsvered remains at q most
solemn funereal pace. Poor WOMAN
II is to be hoped no one will deprive her
OF the consolation she thus derived
from bliss:ul ignorance Of the fact that
this solemn funereal pace" Is the
regular every day, all the year around.
rate at which this Company totes its
passengers, dead or alive.
A passenger or Thursday nights east
bound train recounts how. having turned
in, he dreamed that he awoke just
where his journey commenced and says
that, when he really did awake, he
found himself on his knees, giving
thanks that he Was not on the other
side of where he started from. Con-
sidcring that this train WAS only eleven
hours late, it is difficult to diagnose aud
locate the influences which gave birth
TO these bnck-track yagaries in the COM
Atose mind Of the sleeping traveller.
II those who peopled the earth a
century back could indulge in a tran
silent glimpse Of a C p. Il. Il. train,
they might be surprised at the suortinE,
putting. Kissing apparatus, which i'm
parts to the the train what little motion
it Possesses; but they would be still
more surprised to See their progeny
wasting time aud money on such u
means ot locomotion, when a fraction OF
the fare, invested in II spawned cayuse.
would get tine traveller over the ground
much mo!e rapidly. aud leave him the
cayuse at the end Of his journey.
Rather more than Il Year < this
writer was present, AZ the representa-
tive of u maritime Journal, at the pre-
sentution Of n testimonial to Captain
MclIiokan Of the Cunard line on the
completion Of his eight hundredIh
passage across the Atlantic; and he
subsequently, crossed the big damp in
the dyer 'Umtria," commanded 10y the
veteran navigator. Since then he has
made the acquaintance Of u Postal
Clerk who has completed his one
nundredth trip over the e. Z. K. r., q
performance which knocks the Grand
Old Captains record all akimbo. and
leaves him as badly leewaId, as the
Volunteer did the Thistle.
TRAVELLER.
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RaIIroaG Notes-ThITd Section.
[Fcr the ISDEPES

tFcr the ISDEPESDEsT,l
"Great Leland! and is this the 18th
century," exclaimed a through passen.
ger OF the train the other day.
"So. Sir; this Is the G. Z. II. H."
replied the conductor. ''Well. what /
van to know in, which We are likely TO
reach FIRST. the end Of the century, or
the end Of this rond1" lsDguidly re-
parked the weary traveller.
When in China, i'll the early days,
before be had BECOME bald headed un-
der the long drawn out agony OF n trip
on the o. r. II. H., the writer OF these
notes had daily evidence OF the pro.
found veneration for old age which
chaacterizos the followers OF COnfu.
cius. This II Is, that impels the benign
NoDgolinn 10 crawl around tho corner.
bag bis head in bis coat.sleeve and
weep, when BIO sees the whcezy old
locomotives Of the o. p. Il. r. still kept
in active service.
Scientists have shown that the snail
traverfes o mile in fourteen days, but
they have not shown whether II is
reason or instinct which prompts the
snail Of migratory habits 10 tuke the line
OF tho o. p. Il. Il, rs that On which IL
II least liable to be ovcrisken by me.
ohanicai appliances; or other adverse
circumstances.
The Il. II. Co. is required by law to
deliver tho mnil right inside Of every
p~ostofice within eighty rods Of the line,
but the deuce OF IL Is, so far az Elko Ii
concerned, o, the time the mails are due
the trains are never within eighty miles.
Jet alone eighty rods, Of the p~ostonicc.
"Damni,sllI do you think / came to
this country to put in the rest OF my
days on a blawsted railroad" said an
Briton to the conductor Of n
west bound train last week. "Why II
I'd known your trains travelled no fast.
sr than this, I'd have gone TO San
francisco by way ot 'ong Kong, or
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THE MOnROW CASE.

The prosecution in the above import
ant case seems to be crippled by the
persistent refusal Of Northy and Me-
Cord, the principal prosecuting Witness
es, to testify on the ground hat such
testimony would subject them (the
witnesses) to punishment for felony.
On this subject the Examiner says:
III the attempt to convict Morrow
shall fail. the result will be looked upon
ju a very different light from that in
which an ordinary verdict Of ecquittal
would be regarded. II, after a fair con
sideraticn of all the facts, the proSecu-
ton had failed to make cut u case. the
public would bs contented. But when
justice is baked by the undisguised
purchase OF Witnesses. aid the crime is
consrpmated under the protection Of
legal forms, the popular respect for law
Is subjected to a serious strain.
The Morrow case, rs it stood before
the trial begun, was bad enough, but it
Is infinitely worse now. To the bribery
of a single jury We have added the
fact that notorious, Rvowed guilt can
defy punishment when it has money to
back it. II Morrow csc pc by the
methods he has chosen to employ, this
community will be facing the demon
. ration that a man Of wealth is simply
irresponsible to any higher power. He
could commit arson. murder, or any
other crime whatever, with equal i'm
munity from punishment"
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having the cAss brought to . speedy
trial. A. the defendent is very desirous
Of an opportunity Of sxonerntins HIM
Sslf before the community in which he
has 50 lo1S resided. An attachment
Was issued IN the case. and the defen-
ants meat market closed, Esssn.
wm. Zadow and Il. Sadler are the
plaintiff boudsmen. Messrs. Baker 4
Wines are attorneys for plaintiff. and
Messrs. Wren l. Cheney for defen-
dant"
From the 81 me paper We learn that
the girl, who is but fifteen years old, is
already 4 mother.
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Important to Cattle shippers,

!lesSrs. Russell X Brady have Just
received u letter Informing them that
the recent order of the Railroad Com
pany, compelling shippers Of cattle from
Eastern Nevada who gave their stock a
lay-over at Reno Tor rest and feed TO
pay local rates to Reno and from Reno to
San Francisco. has been rrsciudrd.
This action on the part OF the Company
comes too late TO be Of much benefit 10
some OF our heavy shippers this year,
Tut 1t will lie an advantage in the fu.
ture. The orler Was al injustice to
cattle men, should never have been is
sued and no doubt prevented the ship.
nsnt Of many lead Of cattle from this
section of the country which otherwise
would have found their way TO the San
Francisco markets. We are pleased to
note the fact that the obnoxious order
has been AnnulIed.
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A-avSrsIssA Ls,ssrs.

Following il List Of Letters re-
naming in the Postotiee at Elko. Sat-
urday. Oct. %. 1867.
GIN Bird. Evell P Brake.
Don Edmonds, Edward Gilmartin.
Miss Gertis Hillman. Joseph Hachsr,
Miss Mary Hart, Giuseppe PicoIo,
4 Reed. Miss Mary Terry,
ES Townsend.
Persons calling for any of the above
letters ~ill please say advertised"
JAS. =. Smith p. II.
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EIk0,s N enIIh.

The assessment roll Of Elko county
shows the following values: Real estate,
S2,3o1. 3i7; personal property. S2.03l.
9Gi; total valuation. Sl,il9, 3ll-the
tax upon which AMOUNT to $50, 9G6 30.
apportionsd as follows: State, $50. 773.
10; County. S29. COZ IS; School, SII.5S IS
~; total, Ss3. 9GG -. In addition toths
above. there are 55S polls taAes. which
amount to Sl.G7i to he collected FROM
that source One-half of which goes to
the State and one-hali to the road fund
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A seduction SuIt.
WILLIS RICHARDSON.

Saturdays Eureka Sentinel says:
"on Wednesday last Ernest Keuhn
Drough. suit in the District Court
,gainst r. Paroni for damages In the mn
II $4,000 for the seduction Of his
laughter Emile Keuhu.
Gu Thursday Mr. Paroni, although bO
,ad not been served with the summons
,r compliant. entered his appearance
nd fled his sSorn answer. in wi ieh he
,snicd cmphhically tho whole cl arge.
rbo answer vas died Tor the pu'te.s Of
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The Concert.

4 large and sppreciative audience as
sembled at the church Oh Saturday
evening where n very pleasant vocal
concert WAS given by the Durham Com
pAuy. \ class WAS organized and a
course of twelve lessons III vocal rnusic
will be given during the week. this is
gn admirable opportunity for all who
can attend to receive instruction in he
rudiments OF music. aud our young PEG.
pie should not be slow TO take adyuu-
tnse of il. There is no accomplish.
ment Of more permanent value TO any
one than IL thorough knowledge ot
music, aud vocal music can be utilized
Oh any and all occasions with pleasure
both to the performer and to the audi,
ence. Good singing is a rare and va!ua.
bic adjunct to any entertainment either
public or private.
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HOLL OF

Following is the report Of the Carlin
School tor the moth endinS Oct. 81,
1887.
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BACKWARD & ELLIOTT.

Smooth crop in each ear, and two
Its in right ear.
Also cattle brand, q on left side.
Ear marks. under bit in each ear.
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STOCK BRANDS.
]. ], HILTON.

Postonioe adj
dress Shelton.
Elko c GU y,
New.
Range Hunt
! n Z n II Il
Mound Valleys.
Cattle also
/ ribs. ear mark
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MRS. ELIZABETH LEMON.

~ Postohic6 ed
&Wy7Yw--rn drosa. fair Tlay
s,sHl Nevada. Range,
CXJx4zf51 Secret Valley, Rlks
N~TU county, Lar marx,
NezII-tU unitG slsp4 n len
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j. ]. HILTON.

Postomce address
Shelton, Elko coun
ty, New.
Range. Hunting
ton and Mound
Valleys
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branded IL s on LETT nbS, ear marx
anne.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-16

This contrast will strike the visitor
still more forcbly if just pr viousy
his business or curiosity had led him
to visit to the two other departments
those Of the Army ana Navy, which
have their quartsis in the same i'm
mense and m ,gnifcsut, not yet quite
completed, building, erected at a cost
OF some $4,000 90, stu tied directly
west of the White House on the q w.
eminent reservations, called the Prasi-
dents grounds. "Mr. Brown, the
chief clerk? Pease step this way,
third room 10 the right, No. 49," Very
politely (somswhat differing from the
brusque and overbea,ing ways OF the
negro usher the casual caller at the
Executive Mansion would meet with
the visitor is informed and directed in
this department My card, accom-
panied by a letter OF introduction,
secures me q most courteous and
cordial reception from this very gen.
tlemsnly and best informed official,
one of the oldest employees in this de-
partment. He is the occupant OF a
spacious, most elegantly furnished
anu UDlSH6u OHlCb Ou Llo eSCOhu
floor, in the southern part of
the building, where are aeo
those of the Secretary, Assistant Sec
rotary and the large diplomatic recep-
ton room. All the pictures, wood
work and furniture in MIR. Browns
off % are OF solid mahog ny; an ele-
CANT carved railing of that wood d.
viding it into two sections; in the one
behind this railing stand thu large
desks of the chief clerk and his assls.
tant, and to this private apartment l
am admitted; the other and outer pat
is the one every visitor first ent' rs
from the corridor. Having bi fly
stated to Mr.. Brown my wish to visit
all the principal rooms, meet some OF
the officials, and zee and inspect things
most interesting and notswo thy, lam
invited to take a seat. DuriOg my
short interview with the courteous To-
cumbent of this Office we are inter
rupted by distinguished looking for
eign gentleman, and / have an oppor-
tunity of making one or two expo
sures, securing lair portrait of both
as they stand engaged IN conversation.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-16
SITTER CHAFF.y

The Whip-Taksn aback--A boy
playing lsap frog.
st. Paul Herald-Thers is no place
ike home, especially If i the home OF
your best girl.
Boston ICourier-In oldeu times pa
rents brought Children up, but now
children bring parents dowo.
Whitehall Times - "Kind words
never die, although they are frequent
ly subject to protracted trance.
F4ll River AdUGnce--A mans in
come should never be judged by the
number Of dogs he is able to keep.
New York Morning JO1rnal-"How
did that man lose his mar, papa?"
eating pie, my dear. He's pie bald"
The Whip-A man with the heart
disease is about the only chap who
desires a Irregular bea." for bosom
friend.
Dansville BrSeze-What this country
wants il dentist who can draw your
tooth wi hout diaWing your attention
to the TACT.
The Hdtchst-We haven't much con-
tidencs in the Tefo 'mstion Of those
who fill no with eRguog and swear oil
on New Years daze.
Houston POst--A dog jumped of the
Brooklyn bridge few days ago. 1t
was the most intelligent thing that
ever took the leap.
Pittsburg Chronicle TeIegrGph-Now
which one of its authors will emulate
Tennyson and writs Beautiful Snow
Sixty Years After2"
Pittsburg Chro 1icle "A Paris letter
says: "Mr. McLine, the Amerc IN
Minister has invented a new cocksde
for his own use" We suspect the
writer meant Cocktail.
THE Newman: The Terds Sjfin0S
must be the best quoted paper ia
America. The Boston Globe in one OF
its recent issues had sixteen credited
cipplings- nine from SihingS, four
from Life, two from It'd. BIS and one
from the Dstroit Free Press.
"PAPA," said little Jimmie Briehsss,
"what do you wear when you 90 to
the courthouse-your law suit2" "Oh,
no, my son" replied the good bsrris-
ter, kindly. "That is the suit man
puts on when he goes naked. Only
the clients wear that. "-Burdette.
Boston HerGld-It is rumored that
Uncle Hannibal Hsmlin has donned
an overcoat--the frat in forty years
but we don't believe it. It's prob
ably tailor's advertisement.
Boston POsl--It cannot be that "to
the pure all things are pure" for al
most everything is adulterated nova
days.
Tho ladies-bless emit boats all
When they are young and sqgallersI
Their hearts are set upon the doll
When grown, upon the dollars;
The Journal Of EducGtiOn-One Of the
queer things OF this life is that the
man who Knows it all seldom can tell
any of it to anybody's satisfaction.
Great men by their lives leave footprints
In the sands Of time, we know
But their marks are slight compared TO
Foot prints in Chicago snow
-ksrehdnt 7rapeisr.
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THE CHIEF CLERK AND BARON zsDwITz,

THE CHIEF CLERK AND BARON ZsDWITZ.
The newcomer is OF slight f. cure and
aristocratic demesnor, the true type Of
a diplomat, his somewhat broken yet
choice use OF the English language be-
traying the foreigner. After his de-
parture my surmise Is affirmed by Mr..
Brown, who informs me that his
visitor was the first atiache OF the
German Legation, Baron Z9dwitz, dur
ing the absence OF the German Minis
ter Van Alvsnsleben, Charge DAT
flares in Washington. Gust want to
shake hands with you, Mr.. Brown,
and am delighted to sse you looking
so WE'LL" are W. rds eiaculated by
rather small, vivscious gentleman,
wearing a light gray overcoat and
high silk hat, who quickly and unau-
nounced had entered the sanctum
sanctorum of the former, and with
outstretched hands very cordially
greete and in the same manner is re-
ceived by the Chief Clerk. After rapid
succession Of questions Of only personal
interest, he as quickly departs as he
had entered. Do you know this gen
tleman? No. This was S. s. Cox, the
Just returned United States Minister
Plenipotentisry to Turkey. II you
will now etep this way will intro
duce you to Mr.. Bayard, aud after you
have finished Your business with him
return to my Office and will show
you whatever you like to see and &C.
quaint you with whomever you wish
to know. Mr.. Bayard, having previous.
ly been informed of nv desire to have
Just q look at his Office and make q
sketch of him at his desk, very kindly
consented and gave me all the necess.
ry facilities. OF all the members OF
the Cabinet l certainly think Mr..
Bsyard has more OF the stamp of a
statesman than any OF his compeers.
His intellectual, finely cut face, show
ing traces Of sadness, his courteous
and dignited deportnent, would gain
for him everybody's respect and ad-
miration. 1t has been said that the
present administration is one
OF private secretaries and that this
assertion was especially true regarding
Mr.. Bryan, who is serving, or rather
ruling, in this capacity. 1t may be
so, yet he does not look it, being
small, very modest appearing man,
bat good stuff is wrapped generally in
smell PARCELS. Elk Gov. James ID.
Porter, of Tennessee, First Assistant
Secretary OF State, is g me specimen
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MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL SUNDAY, JANUARY IS. 1887

OF the Southern gentleman and ]
think one of the handsomest and
most respected public men in Wash
inetou. His office is very much
smaller and some what palmer fur.
nished than either OF the two / had
lust visited. On one OF the walls
hangs a very good portrait OF Daniel
Webster.
The diplomatic reception room, in
which the foreign Ministers have
their audiences with the Secretary Of
State, is al elegant apartment furnish
ed richly and artisticAlly in ebony and
god; here are tsw excellent as well
AZ some poor portraits Of la,e Secreta-
ries of S ate, and an aimirable one Of
the late Lord Asbburton. Some high
Japanese officials, on tour through
this county, were just awaiting an
audience, Mr.. Kuki, the japanese
Minister, accompanying and ready u
INTRODUCES them to the Secretary Of
s ate. In the third story OF the build
ing is the library, in = separate room
constructed entirely Of IRON and taste
fully decorated. On sheyss are placed
over 80 900 volumes ia different lam
guages, freely used by the employees,
casual visitors and Students. Aga nst
one of the walls hangs richly carved
mahogany cabinet, protected by a
plate glass, containing the original
Declaration OF Independence.
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Just the Town.

arkansas IrdRler: The president q
asr,et rail way sent a mao 10 town
not far away. with instructions to sp-
ply for q charter in case the town
looked AS il it might support rail-
way.
"Well," said the president, when
the man returned, "dld you see the
town."
"Yes, sit"
"What do you think of it2'
"Rather a dead town; don't thinG a
road would pay there"
Don't there seem to be enough peo-
ple7"
"Yes, quite a number OF people"
"What, then, struck you as being SO
particularly bad 2"
"Well, nearly all the men / saw were
stap ding on the corner, drunk"
"WhAt? Standing around drunk 2
Why, you simpleton, don't you know
they were waiting for street railway
to be buit2 II there were a road they
would ride home. The street car 10 the
haven OF the drunken man. Standing
around drunk Hurry back and apply
for the right OF way"